Madeline Milian

• Ed.D. Teachers College, Special Education/Bilingual Columbia University Education/ESL/Teacher Education
• M.A. California State University Special Education Los Angeles Blind and Visually Impaired    
• B.S. Florida International Special Education University

• Director of International Professional Development Programs at STE  2008-Present
• Faculty member in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program1995-Present
• Faculty member in the School of Special Education1993-1995
• Project Coordinator “Social Relationships of Children and Adolescents with Deaf-Blindness” St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 1992-1993
• Project Coordinator, Pre-service Development Program in Bilingual  Special Education. City College of New York. 1992
• Practicum Coordinator/Instructor, Program for Blind and Visually Impaired Learners, Teachers College, Columbia University. New York, NY1990-1993
• Practicum Coordinator, Instructional Practice in Urban Settings with Families and Infants with Disabilities, Teachers College, Columbia         University. 1989-1990
• Inclusion Consultant for the Visually Impaired, Department of Defense Dependents Schools, Wiesbaden, Germany. 1983-1989
• Bilingual Coordinator, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA 1982-1983
• Teacher for the Visually Impaired, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA 1981-1983
• Bilingual Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA 1979-1981

Comparative education; education of students who are learning English as a second language and those who are bilingual (with and without disabilities); education of students with low incidence disabilities; bilingualism and bilingual education; working with families of students with disabilities; early childhood bilingualism; and second language teaching and learning.

• Milian, M., Birnbaum, M., Cardona, B., & Nicholson, B. (2015). Personal and professional challenges and benefits of studying abroad. Journal of International Education and Leadership, 5(1), 1-12.
• Cardona, B. , Milian, M. , Birnbaum, M. , & Blount, I. (2013). In-class and out-of class experiences of international students in the United States. Higher Education of Social Science. 4(1), 1-9.
• Milian, M. (Fall, 2013). Emergent bilinguals with visual impairments: Guidelines for instruction. DVI Quarterly, 58(2), 26-33. http://DVI.uberflip.com/i/216471
• Birnbaum, M., Cardona, B., Milian, M., & Gonzalez, M. (2012). Strangers in a strange land:        How nontraditional international adult students see a United States university. Journal of          International Education and Leadership, 2(2), 2161-7252.
• Milian, M. (2011). Listening guidelines for English language learners. In L. Barclay (Ed.) Learning to listen and listening to learn:  Teaching listening skills to students who are visually impaired (pp.  454-480). New York, NY: AFB Press.

• Education Distinguished Award, Hispanic Women of Weld County, 2015
• Certificate of Recognition from Sigma Delta Pi, UNC, for my efforts to promote Hispanic language, literature, and culture. December 2009.
• Outstanding contribution recognition from the Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. November 2009